wings of wax

troy is falling and helen’s brought her axe (m.m.); a modern aesthetic for the greek heroines

moodboard // circe goddess. sorceress. enchantress of magic. (for anon!)  

Anne Sexton, from Complete Poems of Anne Sexton; “The Papa and Mama Dance,”

— THE POETRY OF SAPPHO

— Leslie Harrison, from “[Snowfields],” The Book of Endings

— John Banville, from The Sea (Vintage International, 2006)

Persephone, greek goddess of the spring and the underworld

❝ I loved them.    But I loved them haughtily.    From heights beyond life.    From the future. Where it’s always empty— ❞

— Linda Gregg, from In The Middle Distance: Poems of L. G.; “The Soul,”

aphrodite, goddess of beauty from the greek mythology

“My name is Percy Jackson. I’m twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. Am I a troubled kid? Yeah. You could say that.”

Ziad Nakad | Fall/Winter 2019 Couture

‘Anaxagoras said to a man who was grieving because he was dying in a foreign land, “The descent to Hades is the same from every place.”’ — Book 2: Socrates, his predecessors and followers: Anaxagoras, 6 by Diogenes Laërtius

#70 Mermaids

“The Kumiho is bound by supernatural forces, living a life connected to humanity yet outside the human realm. Like werewolves and other shape-shifters, the Kumiho’s existence is the envy of some, but a curse to the creature.”

According to Greek Mythology, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. She was also called Kore, which means “maiden” and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods.